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Severe hunger in southern Madagascar likely persist into 2017 due to drought-hit crops, UN warns

Severe hunger in southern Madagascar likely persist into 2017 due to drought-hit crops, UN warns

New York, Oct 27 (Just Earth News): The impact of severe El Niño-induced drought on crop production in southern Madagascar, where nearly 850,000 people are acutely food insecure, is likely to persist into 2017 and requires an intensified humanitarian response, the United Nations agriculture agency said on Thursday.